diff --git a/hw-tests/hello-freertos/.gdbinit b/hw-tests/hello-freertos/.gdbinit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f4cda07f41477314edec46905a0dd4e7561a9a19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw-tests/hello-freertos/.gdbinit
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+file ../../build/hw-tests/hello-freertos/hello-freertos.elf
+source ../../.gdbinit